Are egg and milk allergies two separate concerns?
Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN American Institute for Cancer Research Q: How nutritious is eggplant? A: Although you won’t find much vitamin C, A or folate in eggplant, it provides a good source of fiber as well as disease-fighting phytochemicals. In fact, an eggplant’s purple hue is the result of antioxidant anthocyanins, compounds that some researchers believe may play a role in preventing cancer. Additional antioxidant activity is evident once you slice an eggplant. The browning of the vegetable’s inner pulp shortly after you cut into it results from the reaction of eggplant’s phenolic compounds with oxygen. These powerful antioxidants act as scavengers and rid our bodies of the highly reactive “free radicals” that can damage our cells and promote cancer development and heart disease. Unfortunately higher levels of these protective phytochemicals can make foods taste bitter, so researchers are developing new eggplant varieties which offer the best balance of protective phenols and good
